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On today's show, we're back with our featured Making the Makeover spotlight trainer Shanin Quashie to talk about her nutrition plan in her barn for those tricky transitioning Thoroughbreds. Then we meet an adoptable horse of the week and a new training tip with New Vocations' Amanda Grace. Stay tuned!

Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
Guest: Shanin Quashie
New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
Additional Support Provided by: Retired Racehorse Project, RideTV and Listeners like You!

Shad Mayfield had one week left before he was going to load up and go home for the summer. But then he won the California Rodeo Salinas.
The two-time PRCA World Champion tied three calves in 30.3 seconds to win the Salinas average on Popular Snow Resort "Tootsie Pop," banking $13,576 for the first win of his comeback from double hip surgery—exactly 40 years after his father, Sylvester, won the same buckle. It capped a $28,076 week that also included a second-place finish worth $14,500 at the NFR Open in Colorado Springs, and he joins The Tie-Down Breakdown to talk about it.
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This week’s Practical Horseman Podcast episode, sponsored by Farnam and Tribute Equine Nutrition, is with Olympic show jumper Rodrigo Pessoa. We spoke with Rodrigo in late June shortly before he was named to the Brazilian team for the FEI World Championships Aachen 2026.
To give you a little more background on Rodrigo, he started riding at a young age alongside his father, five-time Olympian Nelson Pessoa. He followed in his father’s footsteps and has tallied his own string of impressive results with numerous grand prix wins and medals at major championships.
Rodrigo is an eight-time Olympian and the winner of the Athens 2004 individual gold medal with Baloubet du Rouet. The iconic pair also won three consecutive FEI Jumping World Cup Finals from 1998 to 2000. Looking ahead to Aachen, 2026 will mark Rodrigo’s seventh world championship appearance, and his most notable past performance is when he became the youngest world champion at the age of 25 with Gandini Lianos in Rome in 1998.
In our discussion, Rodrigo talks about his training philosophy, what makes a good horseperson, his thoughts on how jumping has changed over the years, and more.
This Episode’s Sponsors, Farnam and Tribute Equine Nutrition
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HITM: In today's "Where are they now" segment, we catch up with editor Lisa Slade, who first joined us 16 years ago on episode 5. We're also joined by Steve Kraus, Head of Farrier Services at Cornell University, for expert advice on summer hoof care, plus another round of Realli BAD Adz. Don't miss it!
AUDITOR POST SHOW: Jamie’s questionable fashion choices!
HORSES IN THE MORNING Episode 4004 – Show Notes and Links:
Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Glenn the Geek
Jamie and Glenn's Amazon Store
Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
Pic Credit: Homer and Lisa Slade
Guest: Lisa Slade, Director of Content of Practical Horseman and Dressage Today
Guest: Steve Kraus, Head of farrier services at Cornell University
Link: Mrs Pastures Contest
Spalding Labs Fly Predators Coupon: HRN10 for 10% off your first order.
Additional support for this podcast provided by: My New Horse, Equine Network and Listeners Like You

Time Stamps:
01:57 - Horse of the Week
04:34 - Daily Whinnies
08:34 - Mrs. Pastures giveaway
11:19 - “Where Are They Now” Lisa
25:45 - Summer hoof care (Kraus)
37:01 - Really Bad Ads
57:19 - Auditor post show

Robbie Richardson, Mark Johnson, and Matthew Jackson discuss the various ideas around laminitis causes and rehabilitation.